On Thu, 14 May 2009 21:37:12 -0600 (MDT)
"M. Warner Losh" <i...@bsdimp.com> mentioned:

> In message: <200905122114.n4cleag9033...@svn.freebsd.org>
>             Stanislav Sedov <s...@freebsd.org> writes:
> : @@ -926,6 +937,7 @@ atestart_locked(struct ifnet *ifp)
> :              * tell the hardware to xmit the packet.
> :              */
> :             WR4(sc, ETH_TAR, segs[0].ds_addr);
> : +           BARRIER(sc, ETH_TAR, 8, BUS_SPACE_BARRIER_WRITE);
> :             WR4(sc, ETH_TCR, segs[0].ds_len);
> 
> Why is a barrier needed here?
> 
Writing the TCR register triggers the transmit, so it had to be written
strongly after the TAR register. That's why I added the barrier here.

-- 
Stanislav Sedov
ST4096-RIPE

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